diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 058349dad6c2..2cf0015f150b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 74dcd439bf8c16b01f9f5a9dffb2b171ed94e2e5
+refs/heads/master: 040f3e5833b9426aaeead6da8957a9b87f3ca9e8
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/ak8975.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/ak8975.c
index 7562cafb26bb..001b3bff4765 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/ak8975.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/ak8975.c
@@ -194,6 +194,17 @@ static int ak8975_setup(struct i2c_client *client)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	/* After reading fuse ROM data set power-down mode */
+	ret = ak8975_write_data(client,
+				AK8975_REG_CNTL,
+				AK8975_REG_CNTL_MODE_POWER_DOWN,
+				AK8975_REG_CNTL_MODE_MASK,
+				AK8975_REG_CNTL_MODE_SHIFT);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		dev_err(&client->dev, "Error in setting power-down mode\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 /*
  * Precalculate scale factor (in Gauss units) for each axis and
  * store in the device data.